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Is AI Actually Going to Kill Us All?
This week on “Uncanny Valley,” we dig into a former Anthropic researcher’s AI doomsday warning, the latest upgrades from Apple’s event, and the census report that claimed Trump won the 2020 election.
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An AI researcher’s resignation from Anthropic went viral after he warned that artificial intelligence could eradicate humanity within ten years. The claim sparked a debate on the Uncanny Valley podcast, where WIRED’s Will Knight joined hosts Brian Barrett and Leah Feiger. Together they examined whether the apocalyptic narrative surrounding AI is exaggerated or justified, weighing the researcher’s warning against current developments in the field.
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